Manky Monkey Motors

Its still October 2016, but here's a 2017 diary date for you - Sunday 29th Jan (so I've reliably informed) is the pre 1965 Talmag motorcycle trial at Hungary Hill Aldershot.


Have a look at previous threads to get an idea of what its all about.

http://www.mankymonkeymotors.co.uk/forum/index.php?topic=14342.0

http://www.mankymonkeymotors.co.uk/forum/index.php?topic=15150.0

Talmag 2017 date confirmed

https://www.acu.org.uk/events/January-2017/Talmag-MCC/Trials/Hungry-Hill-Aldershot-Hants-GU11-1PZ-ACU48682.aspx

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Well that came around quickly!

Some snaps from today's event.

First riders set off for Section 1 (the course has 15 sections and is ridden twice) at 9.31 following tech inspection / scruitineering, and then progress around the other sections.

In a motorcycle trial, the aim is to ride each laid-out section without stopping, putting a foot down, missing a 'gate' or falling off - various points are given for various infringements, so the idea is to have as few a points as possible. Its not against the clock, and only rider rider tackles a section at a time.

There are two routes avaialbe, and the route is generally specific to class of machine (twin-shock or rigid rear end as an example)

The 2017 entry was just below 150 machines

The large majority of bikes are single cylinder British, but a few twins, and some non-British iron can also be seen.

Here's a particularly unusual machine - a 1929 600cc Indian Scout with hand gear-change (although it was here in 2015, its the first V-twin I've seen at the Talmag in 30 odd years!)

Couple of mates having a chin wag before the start.

Bike in foreground is a 1954 AJS model 16 (350cc), and bike 39 is a 1951 Norton 500T

The same 1954 AJS model 16 in the middle of the first section

Having walked the next section to try and find the best way of tackling it (and watching some of the other riders have a go too), its back on the bikes and queue up ready for the off

Sometimes the car park has an interesting motor

Great photos Tony. I seriously considered going this year, but woke up to pouring rain here & decided a lie-in was a much better option!

Thanks for sharing. I once did pre65 scrambles, not motoX!, unfortunately a few then a few more made the sport so expensive to compete with I lost interest. Trials is very under rated in my book, used to watch them up Dartmoor before the PC brigade spoiled that.